From 7cc692dd435369c0f250e448592a94ff10a0dea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Athanasius Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:54:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'Frontier Authentication' section * Otherwise the macOS Journals section runs on into this. * Also remove now extraneous bit about 'log files' as that's covered by the new 'Journals' section. --- Installation-&-Setup.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Installation-&-Setup.md b/Installation-&-Setup.md index a1f33a0..018d337 100644 --- a/Installation-&-Setup.md +++ b/Installation-&-Setup.md @@ -79,12 +79,11 @@ mounted them on your macOS machine. Thus you will need to configure `Preferences` > `Configuration` > `E:D journal file location` to point to where you have mounted them. +## Frontier Authentication The first time that you run the app while playing the game you are redirected to Frontier's authentication website and prompted for your username and password. This is the same username and password combination that you use to log into the Elite: Dangerous launcher. This step is required so that the Frontier servers can send the app *your* data and the data for the station that *you* are docked at. Refer to the [Privacy Policy](Privacy-Policy.md) for how this app handles your data. -Some options work by reading the Elite: Dangerous game's log files. If you're running this app on a different machine from the Elite: Dangerous game then adjust the “E:D journal file location” setting on the Configuration tab to point to the game's log files. - --- # Output